“Mike runs a tight ship,” said Lane, who assists with a McCarthy golf tournament and fund-raiser. “He has a great touch with the community.”

Lane, 71, now with Humana insurance for the past 29 years, talked about his Packer days and fielded questions from the audience Wednesday. A viewing of the 2012 Packers highlights video “Unfinished Business” started the program …

At one point, “Sweets” became emotional talking about his Little League days at first base and how the high school program wasn’t around back then to further his baseball career. I guess we’ll never know if the baseball world lost out on another Yuniesky Betancourt …

NCAA track & field competitors can thank a Niagara grad for their sucess..

Jessica Marsozyk, a junior discus thrower for Kansas, placed fourth (183 feet) in the NCAA women’s outdoor track & field championships. The Jayhawks won the team title.

In the NCAA Division 3 men’s meet, sophomore Grant Havard of team king UW-La Crosse wound up third in discus (175-3).

Both Marsozyk and Havard are Seymour High school grads where their throwing coach was Niagara’s Matt Molle, who also serves as the school’s head football coach …

From Mike Lupica, New York Daily News: “If you watched Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic get after each other for more than four hours the way they did in the semis of the French, how can you think they’re not the best conditioned athletes in the world?” …